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Las Vegas vs Reno

Las Vegas, NV compared with Reno, NV · 339 miles apart

Las Vegas has 679,817 residents to Reno’s 283,621. Las Vegas comes out ahead on homeownership, price to income, clear days a year. Reno does better on median household income, median rent, average commute.

Las Vegas, NV Reno, NV
Population 679,817 283,621
Density (per sq mi) 4,792 2,595
Median household income $73,877 $80,760
Median home value $427,900 $548,300
Median rent $1,563 $1,556
Homeownership 56.6% 49.8%
Average commute 25.7 min 20.3 min
Median age 38.6 37.1
Bachelor's degree + 27.7% 36.8%
Poverty rate 14% 12.6%
Unemployment 7.4% 5.1%
Price to income 5.8× 6.8×
Clear days a year 124 88
Days above 90°F 124 51

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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